Does Getting Married Make You Healthier?

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Having trouble saying: “I do”? You’ll be interested to know that new research suggest that the health of people who never marry is improving.

Hui Liu, assistant professor of sociology at Michigan State University and lead researcher on the project, said sociologists since the 1970s have emphasized that marriage benefits health more so for men than for women.

“Married people are still healthier than unmarried people,” Liu said, “but the gap between the married and never-married is closing, especially for men.”

The researchers analyzed National Health Interview Survey data from that period and found that while the self-reported health of married people is still better than that of the never-married, the gap has closed considerably.

What do you think? Has being in a committed long-term relationship, like marriage, made you healthier?

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Michigan State University

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One Response to “Does Getting Married Make You Healthier?”

  1. dee on August 14th, 2008 8:37 am

    The research for years has shown that married men are healthier than single men…BUT the most healthy group has continued to be SINGLE WOMEN. We married women probably have a good idea why this is!!

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